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...permitted to go on with the meeting." In the confusion of other protests, Lawyer Robert H. Montgomery, company clerk, recognized a motion to adjourn until after the court hearing this week, and called for a vote. There was a quiet murmur of "ayes" and a roar of "nos." Announced Montgomery: "The ayes have it." Then he and White turned and walked out a back door...
Three more ballplayers-Nos. 71, 72 and 73-were voted into baseball's Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y. last week by U.S. baseball writers. No. 71 was a jaunty character whose death, a fortnight ago, gave the writers a sentimental additional reason for voting for him. No. 72 was a steady performer, long overdue, who made it on popularity and merit. No. 73, an irascible immortal who never bothered, as player and manager, to conceal his dislike for baseball writers, finally made the grade in spite of himself...
Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1 & 3 (Antonio Janigro; Westminster). Ingratiating performances of these rarely heard, unaccompanied works. Italian Cellist Janigro plays with refined pitch, sweetness of tone and devoted care...
...likelihood was that No. 12 would propel the world no closer to an acceptable settlement for Germany than Nos. 1 through 11 had done. But it neatly left the Kremlin little room to dodge in. Now, said the London Times, there will be "no doubt by whose wish it will be if the four-power conference on Germany does not now take place...
MacDowell: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Vivian Rivkin; Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Dean Dixon; Westminster). MacDowell, a contemporary of Debussy, is one of the few U.S. composers whose seat in the hall of fame is already secure, and his concertos were his entry ticket. Their style is closer to the romantic outbursts of Grieg and Schumann than to the moderns, and Pianist Rivkin gives them a rousing romantic reading while her conductor-husband gives her firm orchestral support...